“God, the supreme being, is neither circumscribed by space, nor touched by time; he cannot be found in a particular direction, and his essence cannot change. The secret conversation is thus entirely spiritual; it is a direct encounter between God and the soul, abstracted from all material constraints.” SoulSpiritualFoundSpaceSecretParticularMaterialsConversationDirectEssenceSupremeEncountersTouchedConstraintsSupreme Being Author:Avicenna
“The public's continuing ambivalence about cultural matters is all the more striking given that the political conversation on these issues has for 30 years been dominated by an aggressive, radical right-wing insurgency that has achieved an influence far out of proportion to its numbers. Its potent secret weapon has been the guilt and anxiety about desire that inform the character of Americans regardless of ideology; appealing to those largely unconscious emotions, the right has disarmed, intimidated, paralyzed its opposition.” YearsHas BeensMatterCharacterPoliticalDesireGivenNumbersSecretEmotionIssuesInfluenceConversationAnxietyWeaponsWingsGuiltIdeologyRadicalProportionUnconsciousOppositionAggressiveContinuingRight WingIntimidatedParalyzedAmbivalenceInsurgency Author:Ellen Willis
“Conversation as talent exists only in France. In other countries, conversation provides politeness, discussion, and friendship; in France, it is an art for which imagination and soul are certainly very welcome, but which can also provide its own secret remedies to compensate you for the absence of either or both, if you so desire.” IfsArtSoulCountryDesireImaginationSecretTalentConversationAbsenceWelcomeFranceDiscussionRemedyOther CountriesPolitenessEither Or Author:Madame de Stael
“I have abandoned all particular forms of devotion, all prayer techniques. My only prayer practice is attention. I carry on a habitual, silent, and secret conversation with God that fills me with overwhelming joy.” GodFormJoyPrayerSecretAttentionPracticeTeacherParticularConversationSilentTechniqueDevotionOverwhelmingAbandonedHabitualConversations With God Author:Brother Lawrence
“I do chat to my mother in Norwegian, particularly when we want a secret conversation. It is useful that way.” WayWantMotherSecretConversationNorwegians Author:Alexander Hanson
“There will be but few people who, when at a loss for topics of conversation, will not reveal the more secret affairs of their friends.” PeopleLossSecretConversationAffairTopicsConfidentiality Book:Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits Source: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits
“It is given to few persons to keep this secret well. Those who lay down rules too often break them, and the safest we are able to give is to listen much, to speak little, and to say nothing that that will ever give ground or regret.” GivingWellsLittlesPersonsAbleSpeakGivenSecretBreakRegretConversationLays Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“The secret of pleasing in conversation is not to explain too much everything; to say them half and leave a little for divination is a mark of the good opinion we have of others, and nothing flatters their self-love more.” LittlesSelfSecretHalfOpinionToo MuchSelf LoveConversationMark Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“I think the most important key to quality communication and interaction is developing an interest in the person you`re talking with. Most women know the secret to a quality conversation is to ask quality questions and have a sincere interest in hearing the answers. In fact, the best communicators very often say the least. It`s not the extrovert who dominates the conversation that a client feels most connected with, but rather the individual who shows a real and sincere interest in knowing about the life of the person they`re talking with.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsPersonsImportantRealFactsShowsAsksIndividualInterestAnswersSecretQualityTalkingKnowingCommunicationKeysConversationConnectedHearingDevelopingSincereInteractionClientsCommunicatorsExtroverts Author:Tony Robbins
“It is a secret known but to few, yet of no small use in the conduct of life, that when you fall into a man's conversation, the first thing you should consider is, whether he has a greater inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him.” MenShouldFirstsUseFallSecretKnownGreaterConversationInclination Book:The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index Source: The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index